5 days ago4 minHow I Told My Mom About My Open MarriageLast year at my virtual birthday party my mom raised a glass and said “There is absolutely nothing I could wish my daughter on her birthd...
Nov 18, 20204 minMy Journey To Polyamory… And BackThere are two main reasons why people in monogamous relationships decide they are polyamorous: Some critical component is missing in thei...
Aug 2, 20203 minWhat It Takes For A Non-Monogamous Relationship To SurviveSince my husband and I decided to open our marriage, I’ve been paying extra close attention to the progression of relationships of our no...
Apr 27, 20205 minSeparation Anxiety In The Age Of CoronavirusAfter a few post-date withdrawals, I developed some tactics for working through the onslaught of difficult feelings.
Feb 29, 20203 minGrandma's Wisdom: Date Other People, It's Good For Your MarriageWe were having dinner at my parents house when my husband asked my grandma how she felt about grandpa's thirst for adventure and constant...
Dec 17, 20194 minWhy I Have To Hide From The World That I Am PolyamorousI have to hide this huge most loving part of me from most of the world, because seeing it as it is would make most of the world uncomfort...
Oct 30, 20194 minIs Veto Ever The Right Choice?In her research article, Anne-Laure Le Cunff defines veto as an agreement in polyamorous relationships that gives one person the power to...
Sep 6, 20194 minHow I Fell In Love With My BodySomething interesting happened to me recently… I fell in love with my body. When I was growing up I was an awkward, lanky preteen with bo...
Aug 1, 20193 minWhat Makes A Relationship Successful?My dad has a theory that a relationship can only be successful when these four elements are present
Jun 3, 20195 minWhat It's Like To Be A Poly IntrovertI have a confession to make: I am an introvert. Vocabulary.com defines an introvert as someone who prefers solitary activities and who “w...
May 21, 20193 minWhat Polyamory Is NOTMany poly bloggers, myself included, have attempted to explain what polyamory really is. But many people still don't get what it's not.
May 7, 20195 minHow I Learned To Love Myself Through Opening To Loving ManyThere was no concept of self-love where I grew up. Forget self-love, feelings just wasn't something people talked about. I don't remember...
Mar 26, 20194 minTo Date Or Not To Date, That Is The Question: The “No Dating Friends” Rule in PolyamoryThe topic of dating friends has come up quite a bit for me recently. In fact, it surfaced multiple times just in the last week in convers...
Mar 20, 20193 min5 Ways Open Marriage Has Positively Affected Our ChildrenWhen my husband and I decided to open up our marriage our kids were about 4 and 6 years old. I was worried about how our lifestyle would ...
Feb 8, 20193 minA Night to Remember: #ThunderFromDownUnder With My Partner's Other PartnersLast Tuesday night was officially the funnest night of 2019! I went to see the Thunder From Down Under show with my partner's other femal...
Jan 15, 20194 minHow I Helped My Husband Set Up His Online Dating Profile on OKCupid.comIt took me close to a year to decide to try online dating after we opened up our marriage. It took my husband six months longer... not wi...
Jan 8, 20193 minAre there personality traits that are more common among people in polyamorous relationships?Lately I’ve been crossing paths with quite a few polyamorous people as more and more friends have been coming out as poly and introducing...
Dec 19, 20185 minWe have a choice: monogamy is not the only option...A story about how I stopped following societal norms While growing up, I was constantly reminded of what an ideal relationship should ...
Dec 13, 20183 minIs it possible to be polyamorous and have an anxious attachment style?According to WIkipedia, attachment theory was primarily studied in the context of children and parents in the 1960s and 1970s. In the lat...
Nov 26, 20182 minYour Partner's Other Partner: Friend or Foe?There is a great side-benefit to having multiple romantic partners: you might make new friends with your partners' other partners (also c...